Barrow shipping giant helps Royal Navy to boost green credentials

Marine specialist James Fisher and Sons, which which has its headquarters in the town, has supplied an oil tanker to BAE for a project to test a new software system designed to transform ship maintenance.
The project is being carried out through BAE's shipyard in Portsmouth.
Dutch subsea firm Fugro and American-owned software business OSISoft UK are also involved in the programme, which has the aim of developing technology known as Ship Energy Assessment – Condition Optimisation & Routing Enhancement System (SEA-CORES).
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